[ubuntu-art] current status of intrepid theme (Dust?)

[Salane Ashcraft]

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Andrea Cimitan
<andrea.cimitan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/8/25 Hajo E. <regardful at googlemail.com>:
>> Hello designers, developers and mailing list readers,
>> Looks like the mail did not get through the last time a few days ago, so
>> here it is again (I'm sorry if you got this mail more than one time):
>> After consulting Google, http://wiki.ubuntu.com, #ubuntu-artwork and
>> launchpad i couldn't find information on what exactly the three different
>> deadlines in the Release schedule of Intrepid Ibex [1] mean.
>> I'm just curious if there is a chance at all that a theme like Dust [2] can
>> still make it into Ubuntu 8.10 or if it is too late and we will end up
>> having almost the same design we have seen in 8.04 and no innovations.
>> Regarding the Dust theme:
>> Dust (as seen in the wiki) has some advantages over the other popular themes
>> which compete against each other being the new default theme:
>> * It looks mature
>> * the font and font size used in the pictures in [2] creates a very
>> different appearance (i would vote for a 1pt smaller font size in intrepid
>> compared to the size that is used in the last ubuntu versions)
>> * a bit of transparency like it is used in the GNOME panel makes it look a
>> grain more elegant
>> * ... rest of the arguments can be read in the comments of the wiki page
>> Another question i am interested in is why there are no paid designers who
>> could be able to create a good theme.
>> Thanks for reading.
>> Regards,
>> Hajo E.
>> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseSchedule
>> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme
>> --
>
> No Dust won't be part of ubuntu, these are themes from the community
> to the community, and are not planned for any kind of inclusion.
>
> Cheers
>
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Correction: No community theme will be apart of Ubuntu unless changes
in management occur.


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